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Maple resident Maria Dunker stands beside part of what could become the largest garbage dump in Canada

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Maple resident Maria Dunker stands beside part of what could become the largest garbage dump in Canada

Date3/23/1977

Names

Dunker, Maria (subject)

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Ontario's Environmental Assessment Board is studying proposals to fill gravel pits near this community close to the Metro boundary with trash. Residents like Mrs. Dunker and others fear dump would poison the area's water supply.

Subject

Refuse and refuse disposal

Quarries and quarrying

Medium

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Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-126-GO-017

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Vaughan

Neighbourhood:Maple (Vaughan, Ontario)

Province or state:Ontario

Region or district:York (Ont. : Regional municipality)

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